Tech
- Paypal invest USD 10 M in Swedish Fintech company Tink DiDigital
- Here’s how Amazon is trying to figure out how to make robots be super efficient in warehouses Wired
- EQT Ventures partner and several times entrepreneur envisions a bright future for European VCs Pitchbook
- Alphabet acquired Looker (a buisness insights and analytics company) for USD 2.6 Bn to increase competition with Microsoft Azure and AWS Inc.
- Big Tech companies are preparing to be scrutinised by US lawmakers in the nearterm NYTimes
- Slack’s filing ahead of its direct listing SEC
- Apple taking a clear turn towards being the company caring about your data security NyTimes
- AirBnB about to become a public company too – here’s a take on their filing details Bloomberg
Media
- 2019 will be the year the average US consumer consume more time of their smartphones than their tv EMarketer
- Instagram powers up to try to steal some of Tik-Tok’s users by adding automatically synced lyrics to the soundtrack you’ve added to your Instagram post TechCrunch
- Barack and Michelle Obama’s “Higher ground” podcast strike exclusive deal with Spotify Deadline | Variety
- Younger audiences are anticipating Disney’s streaming service according to survey Hollywoodreporter
- Paid music streaming about to skyrocket according to Goldman Sachs Hollywoodreporter
Transportation
- City of Paris goes to fight with the electric scooter startups TechCrunch
- Volkswagen about to set its trucks division free on the stock markets – most truck companies currently trading at better multiples than its car peers WSJ
- One of the first larger acquisitions (still not that large) in the electric scooter battles as Bird is in discussions to acquire Scoot TechCrunch
XR
- A review stating Virtual Reality really is here with the Oculus Quest Kotaku
- Review of the Valve Index – basically says – don’t buy it unless you want a desktop VR setup Engadget
- Magic Leap’s Neal Stephenson was invited to Microsoft to discuss Mixed Reality NextReality
- Magic Leap further added SketchFab support to its native browser RealityNews
Statistics
- Podcast streaming details from the ecosystem a16z
Podcast
- How ESPN should or will try to remain relevant when leagues bring their own streaming services to the markets VOX
Binge
- If you haven’t seen Chernobyl – you should. Here are some real pictures from the site the past months MyModernMet
